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  • Slackening the head angle.
  • juan
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    Ok folks ladies and gentlemen, I am looking to slacken a bit the head angle on my meta. No by much, but just a little bit.So far the only thing I have seen that would do the trick, is a on-one smoothie headset with a +5 mm bottom cup.
    Anyone know of something else that i can use?

    Cheers

    timmys
    Full Member

    Offset shock bushings? Will drop the BB as well, up to you if that’s desirable or not.

    Badgerpoo
    Free Member

    Meta has a fairly low BB to start with, offset bushings might not be viable. I remember a 1 1/8th offset headset being developed by Cane Creek, not sure if it’s out yet but that might be worth a look.

    juan
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    Nope the BB is low enough as it is. Or maybe I could use both, so the BB height won’t move much, and the HA will slacken enough.

    brant
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    Ok folks ladies and gentlemen, I am looking to slacken a bit the head angle on my meta. No by much, but just a little bit.So far the only thing I have seen that would do the trick, is a on-one smoothie headset with a +5 mm bottom cup.
    Anyone know of something else that i can use?

    Cheers

    Not the intended use of that crown race. And a daft way to slacken your head angle.

    widge34
    Free Member

    Works components or Cane Creek.

    soobalias
    Free Member

    an extra 5psi in your front tyre?
    a little less sag on your forks?
    shorter stem?

    juan
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    And a daft way to slacken your head angle.

    Probably but will have the desired effect nonetheless. I can’t change the sag on my fork it’s got a spring inside.

    kayak23
    Full Member

    20″ back wheel?

    ahwiles
    Free Member

    a +5mm lower cup will make more-or-less-no-difference-at-all.

    or maybe less.

    juan
    Free Member

    Well the work component looks like what I was looking for 😀
    Cheers for that. Now Let’s hope they can post it over here.

    tracknicko
    Free Member

    40mm of headset spacers under the crown race.

    that’ll do it.

    soobalias
    Free Member

    I can’t change the sag on my fork it’s got a spring inside.

    bit less preload? softer spring?

    deus
    Full Member

    also available here

    link to on-one

    juan
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    Cheers DEUS , but the other one is made in the UK 😉

    Northwind
    Full Member

    That’s just On-One rebadging Works’ part, it’s also made in the UK.

    I’ve got 2 of the Works ones, they do just what they say on the tin. It’ll lower your BB ever so slightly of course and likewise steepen the seat tube fractionally. Only criticism I have is that I go through top bearings faster with it than with any other headset I’ve used- I think the big flat top causes water to pool and get past the sealing, possibly. But that’s OK.

    juan
    Free Member

    It’ll lower your BB ever so slightly of course and likewise steepen the seat tube fractionally.

    Interesting, but I guess it’s inevitable. As per the on-one I might as well buy the original 😀 thanks for the info anyway.

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